Today was one of those days, perfect even though we had to wake up to an alarm clock (not something I'm used to anymore). Gymboree was at 10 so we had to set the alarm to avoid a repeat of last week. It was smooth though and we made it to class a little early! Ari had a blast, that boy is all over the place as soon as we walk through the door! I feel like a baby wrangler for an hour but it's great. He literally runs and climbs and crawls until he falls over from pure exhaustion. He's usually on the verge of a meltdown by the end of class, but that's not a bad thing because he takes awesome naps in the afternoon! He was a perfect angel today for Matt and went to bed like a champ at 7 tonight!
After class we went to brunch with Michelle & Ella, which I'm thinking may happen more often since Eddie's Place is within walking distance from Gym and we're always starving halfway through class. See, we wake up early enough to make sure our children (and us) are wearing clean clothes but not early enough to eat before we leave... hehe! Don't worry, the baby is always fed before class, it's the parents that don't always get their chance!
After brunch I rode with Michelle to her house where we immediately put Ella down for a nap and hit the scrappin' table! It was awesome, I didn't really accomplish all that much but that's alright. It was nice to have a day without anyone to worry about but me. When Ella woke up from her nap we went to AC Moore (the craft store) and HOLY COW was I in heaven! I'm totally driving 40 minutes tomorrow to go back and get the stuff I wish I'd gotten today! That's what I get for trying to be good, now it's only going to cost me that much more gas money... so worth it though becuase there are a few things I really do need.
I wish I had pictures to share but, alas, the camera battery is dead yet again. I really need to get some rechargeables, maybe tomorrow. Oh, that and the stuff I worked on today can't really be shown to the general public just yet! Hang in there, it's totally worth your wait.
Here's to an awesome day, one perfect in every way... and a repeat tomorrow!! Goodnight ;)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
A better day
Ari was better today! I appreciate the comments that were left, thank you. I too thought he may be sleeping too much throughout the day so Matt and I tried to cut his naps down. Um, not such a good idea... he was miserably cranky for a week and it was getting to the point where he refused to eat dinner. We gave him his third nap back, he's now eating dinner every night and sleeping 12-13 hours at night. I think he's just one of those freak babies that needs a huge amount of sleep to function. *not that my child is a freak, it's just a saying* We are pretty flexible with his naps (obviously, or I'd never be able to leave the house), he can function with two, any less than that though and we end up with yesterday's fiasco.
So, that being said, we are STILL trying to get the pediatrician crap worked out, I'm going in person tomorrow to make his appt. so that's good! We have Gymboree in the morning, brunch with Michelle and Ella after then I'm going with Michelle to do some scrapping at her house. I've still got some DT stuff to put the finishing touches on as well as some other fun projects. It's been a long day, I'm going up to the bath to read my new 601 scrappy book! Here's some scrappy eye candy to hold you over until I return... *the favorite things is an altered book to hold clippings from my favorite scrap mags, takes up WAY less space on my shelves than a stack of old magazines* Good Night everyone ;)
Oh, and of course a cute picture of Ari... it wouldn't be an acceptable blog post without his adorable face in here somewhere!! He and Matt were playing "Baby Godzilla" saving teddy from the crashing blocks, the crashing was a little much though and Ari started to cry... looks like we'll have to wait a few more months for the blocks!
So, that being said, we are STILL trying to get the pediatrician crap worked out, I'm going in person tomorrow to make his appt. so that's good! We have Gymboree in the morning, brunch with Michelle and Ella after then I'm going with Michelle to do some scrapping at her house. I've still got some DT stuff to put the finishing touches on as well as some other fun projects. It's been a long day, I'm going up to the bath to read my new 601 scrappy book! Here's some scrappy eye candy to hold you over until I return... *the favorite things is an altered book to hold clippings from my favorite scrap mags, takes up WAY less space on my shelves than a stack of old magazines* Good Night everyone ;)
Oh, and of course a cute picture of Ari... it wouldn't be an acceptable blog post without his adorable face in here somewhere!! He and Matt were playing "Baby Godzilla" saving teddy from the crashing blocks, the crashing was a little much though and Ari started to cry... looks like we'll have to wait a few more months for the blocks!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Where to begin...
This post is either going to be really long or really short. As I type Ari is upstairs screaming his pretty lil' head off... he won't sleep, won't eat, won't let us hold him, doesn't want to be in his crib, I think you get the gist of it. He's been up ALL day, not one single nap. That's right, the child that normally naps for a total of six hours a day has had none. The day started out alright, he woke up at 8, pretty normal. We had breakfast then a bath and then it was naptime. He tossed, turned, climbed every which way for an hour until I had to get him to go to the doctor.
His checkup went extremely well, they did an X-ray that came back perfectly normal and manually manipulated his hips which was also perfect. Great news, they seem to be healing perfectly! Our next check will be in a year unless for some extremely small chance that he develops some sort of problem before then (a very small percentage of kids do have further issues, very small!). Needless to say he was awake the whole time, ride home included.
We get home, feed him lunch and attempt another nap. He tossed, turned and climbed every which way for another hour until we finally couldn't stand to hear the crying any longer. We took a walk in the new wagon! The weather was near 80 and sunny today, a perfect day to be outside. He had a blast, riding around the block then playing with his flintstones car in the yard for a while too. We were hoping that he'd play enough to be worn out for a nap. No such luck.
As Matt was attempting a third nap I hear a knock at the door. It's my friend Brandy who's just moved a few houses down the street from us! She has 5 kids, ages 10, 4, 3 and 4 week old twins. I haven't seen the babies yet, it's been so cold and I had no idea she lived three houses away, so cool! The babies are adorable, a boy and girl, such little peanuts! She was out enjoying the weather as well and since Ari was refusing to sleep we went for another walk. She came back to the house and we chatted for a while until it was time to start Ari's bedtime routine.
Whew, that brings me to now. He's still crying, I don't know what else to do. He can't be hungry, he ate dinner and has had more than enough formula... I'm giving him 20 more minutes then we're calling the doctor. I hate to be one of the moms that calls the doctor for every little thing but this is really not normal for him. He's a good sleeper, and he's never not let me hold him. He was pushing away from me with both arms and legs, my ribs are sore from trying not to splat him on the floor. If anyone has any helpful advice within the next 20 minutes let me know.
Here are a few pictures from our walk today, I'm going to go check on him one last time...
His checkup went extremely well, they did an X-ray that came back perfectly normal and manually manipulated his hips which was also perfect. Great news, they seem to be healing perfectly! Our next check will be in a year unless for some extremely small chance that he develops some sort of problem before then (a very small percentage of kids do have further issues, very small!). Needless to say he was awake the whole time, ride home included.
We get home, feed him lunch and attempt another nap. He tossed, turned and climbed every which way for another hour until we finally couldn't stand to hear the crying any longer. We took a walk in the new wagon! The weather was near 80 and sunny today, a perfect day to be outside. He had a blast, riding around the block then playing with his flintstones car in the yard for a while too. We were hoping that he'd play enough to be worn out for a nap. No such luck.
As Matt was attempting a third nap I hear a knock at the door. It's my friend Brandy who's just moved a few houses down the street from us! She has 5 kids, ages 10, 4, 3 and 4 week old twins. I haven't seen the babies yet, it's been so cold and I had no idea she lived three houses away, so cool! The babies are adorable, a boy and girl, such little peanuts! She was out enjoying the weather as well and since Ari was refusing to sleep we went for another walk. She came back to the house and we chatted for a while until it was time to start Ari's bedtime routine.
Whew, that brings me to now. He's still crying, I don't know what else to do. He can't be hungry, he ate dinner and has had more than enough formula... I'm giving him 20 more minutes then we're calling the doctor. I hate to be one of the moms that calls the doctor for every little thing but this is really not normal for him. He's a good sleeper, and he's never not let me hold him. He was pushing away from me with both arms and legs, my ribs are sore from trying not to splat him on the floor. If anyone has any helpful advice within the next 20 minutes let me know.
Here are a few pictures from our walk today, I'm going to go check on him one last time...
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Girl Day Out!!
I don't know what the deal was with feeling yucky. It may have something to do with the fact that it's FREEZING here and Ari's not been sleeping too well which means I don't sleep well either. Matt's had a few days off though and been a huge sweetheart letting me sleep 'til noon today! Oh, and I got the whole day to myself to do as I pleased. I chose to go shopping, surprise surprise! I did very well though only buying candles at Pier1 (75% off, heck yeah), some river rock to go with the candles and some clearance books at Barnes & Noble! I also got 601 Great Scrapbook Ideas from Memory Makers... so many of my scrappy friends are published in it, I had to have it! I love it so far, I plan to dive all the way in during a bubble bath tomorrow.
I've been inspired by Virginia to go through all my scrappy mags, pull out the pages that inspire me the most then get rid of them. She pointed out that they don't really do us any good if all they do is sit on a shelf. I completely agree and when I'm done with them they are getting passed along to Michelle! What a way to be a little green, huh!
Needless to say, with all the shopping and purging of magazines there hasn't really been a ton of time left to scrap. My inspiration is not lacking at all though and I'm sure I'll get a TON done this weekend. I did manage to hang curtains in our bedroom, it's been so freakin' cold I thought they'd help keep us a little cozier. I hung them quickly to see how they would look, I still need to finish the bottom part and iron them before they can go up for good. Probably tomorrow.
Luckily Matt doesn't have to go to work until 7 pm tomorrow and he's home by 8 am Monday morning! He'll be able to go to Ari's orthopedic surgeon appt. with us Monday. Now that Ari is mobile Dr. Casey wants to ultrasound his hips to make sure the tissue is still healing properly and not deteriorating in any way. I'm incredibly optimistic that he's still 100% and that this will just be one more appt. behind us. His one year check up still needs to be scheduled, we've switched ped's and I need to fill out some paperwork before they'll schedule him. We attempted to do this yesterday but got miserably lost and gave up because we were hungry. We ate lunch at McAlister's then just came home. I'll try again Monday or Tuesday, this time actually taking the directions with me...
I have many a scrap projects up my sleeve, stay tuned! Oh, and if you want to be part of a totally awesome Share The Love RAK at Crop Addict, go HERE to participate. The details are explained in the thread, everyone is extremely generous so you won't want to miss out!
I've been inspired by Virginia to go through all my scrappy mags, pull out the pages that inspire me the most then get rid of them. She pointed out that they don't really do us any good if all they do is sit on a shelf. I completely agree and when I'm done with them they are getting passed along to Michelle! What a way to be a little green, huh!
Needless to say, with all the shopping and purging of magazines there hasn't really been a ton of time left to scrap. My inspiration is not lacking at all though and I'm sure I'll get a TON done this weekend. I did manage to hang curtains in our bedroom, it's been so freakin' cold I thought they'd help keep us a little cozier. I hung them quickly to see how they would look, I still need to finish the bottom part and iron them before they can go up for good. Probably tomorrow.
Luckily Matt doesn't have to go to work until 7 pm tomorrow and he's home by 8 am Monday morning! He'll be able to go to Ari's orthopedic surgeon appt. with us Monday. Now that Ari is mobile Dr. Casey wants to ultrasound his hips to make sure the tissue is still healing properly and not deteriorating in any way. I'm incredibly optimistic that he's still 100% and that this will just be one more appt. behind us. His one year check up still needs to be scheduled, we've switched ped's and I need to fill out some paperwork before they'll schedule him. We attempted to do this yesterday but got miserably lost and gave up because we were hungry. We ate lunch at McAlister's then just came home. I'll try again Monday or Tuesday, this time actually taking the directions with me...
I have many a scrap projects up my sleeve, stay tuned! Oh, and if you want to be part of a totally awesome Share The Love RAK at Crop Addict, go HERE to participate. The details are explained in the thread, everyone is extremely generous so you won't want to miss out!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Blech.
The blog is still under construction, I just don't have the energy or willpower to work on it anymore. I'll finish tomorrow, Matt's home so he can watch Ari!
I wanted to post some of my recent projects, I'm finally back in the saddle and it feels great! I've also done some design team work with Crop Addict's February kit... it's gorgeous! You won't want to miss it, you can sign up for a subscription early to be guaranteed a kit since they sell out super fast every month. I'll post the sneak peeks later this week but for now, here are the other things I can show you. Enjoy!!
This is a calendar of sorts to help me keep track of my 180 layout goal I've set for myself this year. I used a Hambly transparency of grid lines, there are 12 rows of 15 boxes so I can track my progress monthly! I've got 6 done already, not bad for 3 days!!
This is for the weekly challenge at Crop Addict to scrap an inanimate object. I chose my camera since it plays such a strong role in my life. You should head over and check it out, Debbie gives the coolest prizes to the winners, totally worth your time and effort!
That's all for now, more tomorrow I'm sure. My soaker tub is full of hot bubbly water and it's calling my name... ciao Bella's!
I wanted to post some of my recent projects, I'm finally back in the saddle and it feels great! I've also done some design team work with Crop Addict's February kit... it's gorgeous! You won't want to miss it, you can sign up for a subscription early to be guaranteed a kit since they sell out super fast every month. I'll post the sneak peeks later this week but for now, here are the other things I can show you. Enjoy!!
This is a calendar of sorts to help me keep track of my 180 layout goal I've set for myself this year. I used a Hambly transparency of grid lines, there are 12 rows of 15 boxes so I can track my progress monthly! I've got 6 done already, not bad for 3 days!!
This is for the weekly challenge at Crop Addict to scrap an inanimate object. I chose my camera since it plays such a strong role in my life. You should head over and check it out, Debbie gives the coolest prizes to the winners, totally worth your time and effort!
That's all for now, more tomorrow I'm sure. My soaker tub is full of hot bubbly water and it's calling my name... ciao Bella's!
**Under Construction**
I'm going to be working on my blog template throughout the day. I'm feeling slightly under the weather and Ari is on a nap strike so it may take me a while. I'm adding links to the blogs I visit most often as well as links to those of you that continually visit here, if you don't see your name yet please don't be offended. If you would or would not like your name to appear here please leave me a comment and I can adjust properly.
You have no idea how much all the comments you leave mean to me, it's truly thrilling to wake up each morning and read the love you've all left for me. I appreciate it greatly, please don't stop!
Thanks everyone, I'll be back later with a brand new blog template and some other things I've been working on the past few days!
You have no idea how much all the comments you leave mean to me, it's truly thrilling to wake up each morning and read the love you've all left for me. I appreciate it greatly, please don't stop!
Thanks everyone, I'll be back later with a brand new blog template and some other things I've been working on the past few days!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
I'm not lazy...
I have been SO busy the past couple days! You can tell as soon as you walk in the front door that housework has not been on my list of priorities! I still have decoraions from Ari's party up... sheesh! I haven't touched the Christmas decor, it's still in full swing. We dug out a bunch of Ari's baby "stuff" while Brad and Em were here for Ethan and I thought, "hey, why not just pull out all of it, organize it and store it for good." Yeah, not as easy-peasy as I was planning! We have four of the giant 66-quart plastic bins full of clothes and one full of toys! This is all for a one year old! Actually, it's nine months worth because he still fits in his 9-12 month stuff! Crazy I tell ya, and no one believes me that he doesn't need a thing. I think my major summer project is going to be a closet system for his room, there is so much wasted space in there it's not funny. We do have lots of room to store the toys he got for Christmas and his birthday now though, so it's really nice not to be tripping over so many of them.
I've actually gotten some serious scrap time the past two days as well. Ari's teething which means he goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 each night, WooHoo!!! That's some serious mommy time for sure. Matt is enjoying his evenings of freedom as well now that I'm not completely riding him to get the house ready for company! Here's some of the stuff I've created the past two days...
This one is for last month's Scrapdragons challenge to scrap your guilty pleasure. I have so many but I really wanted to scrap the photo of my Starbucks! It really is cheap therapy, I tell Matt all the time, "I need Starbucks then I'll feel better ;)"
This one is using supplies from the Crop Addict December kit. This kit is SO awesome, the colors were perfect for the Christmas beach photos of our trip to my dads!
So, I woke up this morning to Matt nudging my shoulder and pointing at the clock... today is Wednesday which means Gymboree at 10:05. To be there in time we have to be pulling out of the driveway at 9:30... yeah, when I finally pulled my eyelids apart and looked at the clock it was 9:18!! That's right, Ari decided to snooze the morning away the one time we needed him to be up at his normal time. He's our natural alarm clock rarely sleeping past 8 or 8:30. Needless to say we were a little late. We still made it though, Matt sat in the back seat and fed Ari his breakfast in the car.
After class we had brunch at Eddie's place then ran a few errands. Ari was wiped out when we got home, too tired to nap so we let him watch some Baby Einstein. Look how intently he was watching, don't you just love that face!
He insisted on sitting at his new "big boy" table. Dick and Sharon got it for him for his birthday, it's the cutest thing! Never mind the bite marks already on the edge (oh I was so mad when I saw that today).
Ok, I'm almost done... I have to leave you with our fabulous dinner tonight. Brad and Emily left us with some Omaha steaks as a host/hostess gift so Matt fired up the grill tonight!
We had the steak with a yummy garlic gorgonzola cream sauce, steamed broccoli with sea salt and toasted pine nut cous cous.
Oh, and the wine!
To top it all off we ate in the family room on the floor! Yeah, I know... but it's been a long day and if you eat on the floor you don't have to have any manners! Hehe, goodnight!
I've actually gotten some serious scrap time the past two days as well. Ari's teething which means he goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 each night, WooHoo!!! That's some serious mommy time for sure. Matt is enjoying his evenings of freedom as well now that I'm not completely riding him to get the house ready for company! Here's some of the stuff I've created the past two days...
This one is for last month's Scrapdragons challenge to scrap your guilty pleasure. I have so many but I really wanted to scrap the photo of my Starbucks! It really is cheap therapy, I tell Matt all the time, "I need Starbucks then I'll feel better ;)"
This one is using supplies from the Crop Addict December kit. This kit is SO awesome, the colors were perfect for the Christmas beach photos of our trip to my dads!
So, I woke up this morning to Matt nudging my shoulder and pointing at the clock... today is Wednesday which means Gymboree at 10:05. To be there in time we have to be pulling out of the driveway at 9:30... yeah, when I finally pulled my eyelids apart and looked at the clock it was 9:18!! That's right, Ari decided to snooze the morning away the one time we needed him to be up at his normal time. He's our natural alarm clock rarely sleeping past 8 or 8:30. Needless to say we were a little late. We still made it though, Matt sat in the back seat and fed Ari his breakfast in the car.
After class we had brunch at Eddie's place then ran a few errands. Ari was wiped out when we got home, too tired to nap so we let him watch some Baby Einstein. Look how intently he was watching, don't you just love that face!
He insisted on sitting at his new "big boy" table. Dick and Sharon got it for him for his birthday, it's the cutest thing! Never mind the bite marks already on the edge (oh I was so mad when I saw that today).
Ok, I'm almost done... I have to leave you with our fabulous dinner tonight. Brad and Emily left us with some Omaha steaks as a host/hostess gift so Matt fired up the grill tonight!
We had the steak with a yummy garlic gorgonzola cream sauce, steamed broccoli with sea salt and toasted pine nut cous cous.
Oh, and the wine!
To top it all off we ate in the family room on the floor! Yeah, I know... but it's been a long day and if you eat on the floor you don't have to have any manners! Hehe, goodnight!
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